The Serbian National Assembly has never had a strong democratic tradition, but an opposition with political creativity and originality has been able to raise topics from the parliamentary benches that are important to Serbian society and aren’t otherwise included in political discourse. For now, however, it remains unclear how oppositional the opposition really is
The entry of opposition MPs into the Assembly has reopened the debate on whether fresher winds of democracy could start blowing over Serbia from the parliamentary benches or whether it will remain a scene of political banality, tastelessness and cheap discourse. Here, CorD’s interlocutors offer nuanced answers about how parliament received seven deputy speaker seats and how that could benefit the ruling coalition and opposition parties.